Hurl cutting and separating machine.



No. 659,44l. Patente'db ct, 9, I900.

w. H. FAULKNER.

HUBL CUTTING AND SEPARATING MACHINE.

(Application med June a. 1900.

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No. 659,441. Patented-Oct. 9, I900.

W. H. FAULKNER.

HURL CUTTING AND SEPARATING MACHINE.

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HURL CUTTING AND. SEPARATING MACHINE.

(Appfication filed June 8, 1900.)

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No 659,44l. I Patented Oct. 9, I900.

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HUBL CUTTING AND SEPARA TING MACHlNE.

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HURL CUTTING AND SEPARATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,441, dated October 9, 1900.

Application filed June 8, 1900. Serial No. 19,610. (No modeLJ To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. FAULKNER, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hurl Cutting and Separating Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description. I

My invention relates to certain improvements in hurl cutting and separating machines, and has for its object a construction whereby the broom-corn may be easily and quickly separated, the short and coarser spears from the long and fine, and also the separating and severing of the heart or central coarse spear from the hurl.

To this end my invention consists in a machine for cutting, separating, and removing the hearts of hurl, having a frame, a suitable knife, wheels and carrier-belts to carry the straw from the said knife, sprocket-wheels and a chain belt thereon having a plurality of pins set in line in each link and adapted to receive the outer loose coarse spears, a separator, a second set of sprocket-wheels and chain belt therefor having pins in each link, between which pins only the fine spears are received, thus separating the heart or coarse central spear in each hurl, a knife supported upon the frame in position to enter between the coarse and fine spears during the movement of the same and to sever and separate the heart from the others, suitable guides, and means for imparting motion to the vari ous movable parts; and my invention further consists in certain other combinations of parts hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 00 a; of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical cross-section taken on line a z of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevation of a portion of one of the carrierchains. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the knife for severing the heart from the hurl. Fig. 8

is a perspective view of the separator for separating the short coarse outer spears from the hurl just after it is cut. Fig. 9 is a vertical cross-section taken just forward of the heartcutting knife and showing the position and condition of the hurl just prior to the severing operation, and Fig. 10 is a view of a whisk of broom-corn before it is passed through the machine.

Referring specifically to the drawings, A is the frame of the machine, provided with bearings for several cross-shafts and receptacles in its lower part to receive the sorted parts of the corn after the same is operated upon and separated. Receptacle A receives the short coarse outer spears, A the coarse inner spears or hearts, and A the bunches of fine long spears or the best part of the corn.

A"' is a door forming one end of receptacle A.

B is the driving-shaft, provided with a beltpulley B at one end and a sprocket-Wheel 8' near the same communicating motion by means of a sprocket-chain O, passing around three other sprocket-wheels O, O, and C, of substantially the same size, fixed upon separate shafts D, D, and D.

D is a small wheel mounted on a sliding and slotted adjustable bar E for the purpose of tightening or taking up the slack in the chain 0.

Mounted on the shaft D, which is directly above the driving-shaft, are a pair of wheels F F, having grooved peripheries for receiving a pair of carrier-belts F F, formed, preferably, of leather bands with pins projecting outwardly therefrom and separated widely apart. These belts pass rearwardly or to the left-hand end of the machine, as shown in Fig. 1, around corresponding loose pulleys 0 F F on shaft D. Between the pulleys F F is a sprocket-wheel G, fast on the shaft, Which wheel is connected by a chain belt G with a corresponding sprocket-wheel G, loose on the shaft D and between the wheels F F. 5 The belt G has projecting from each of its sections or links a plurality of pins a, of equal length, arranged in astraight line extending longitudinally of the belt, and serves to receive the time spears of the hurl between the pins, and thus separate them from the heart or coarse central spear or spears and carry tral spears forward beneath the heart-cnttin g knife I, mounted stationary on a support I, secured to the frame A of the machine, as shown in Fig. 7.

J is a rail, angular in cross-section, extending along and secured to the inner side of the frame near the knife I, and this rail serves as a guide for the butt-ends of the whisk and spears and extends just forward of the wheel F toward the end of the machine, where the corn is first operated upon by cutting ofi the stalk at a point indicated by a broken line 10 in Fig. '10.

The knife K is preferably formed of a circular disk and is pivoted to the upper end of aslotted vertically-ad j ustable bar K, secured to the side of the frame A. Below the knife and fast upon ashaft L, mounted in bearings on the frame, is a wheel K, formed of a pair of disks provided with hook-shaped projections on its periphery. The disks are separated to receive the edge of the knife K between them and is revolved by means of a chain-belt b,connecting a sprocket-wheel b on the shaft L with a sprocket-wheel b on the driving-shaft. The stalks are one by one fed from the table M into the recesses between the hook-shaped teeth, and they are carried to the circular knife and cut off.

The driving-shaft D is provided with a pair of wheels 0 0, having grooved peripheries, which wheels are tight on the shaft and connected by carrier-belts c c with corresponding wheels 0' c, loosely mounted on the shaft L. The carrier-belts c are similar to belts F, above described. Shafts D and L are also provided with sprocket-wheels d and d near the rail J, which are geared together by a chain 6, similar to the chain G above referred to, the only difference being that in the chain e the pins are of somewhat smaller diameter, thus providing wider spaces between them to receive the coarse spears. Both of the sprocket-chains e and G are provided with grooves e in opposite sides to receive the stationary guides ff, which hold the chains perfectly straight on the sides nearest the guide J. The guides ff for the chain G are secured to horizontal brackets f f, extending inward from the frame A, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. To the frame A near the cutter K, I arrange a pair of brackets g g, which support, by means of vertically and horizontally adj ustable bolts g g,the notched guide it, which forces the spears in between the pins of the chain e, so that they are carried rearward, and also forces the short outer coarse spears downward through the separator ii, thus removing them from the bunch or bunches of long spears. The separatort'is clearly shown in Fig. 8. It consists of straight parallel bars 2' t', connected together by crossbars jat their upper edges. The bar i is divided between the cross-bars j to form downward and rearward passages t for the short loose spears, and it is through these passages that they are forced during their rearward movement by the notched guide it.- The said separator is secured to the inner side of the frame Aimmediately below the brackets g g'.

l is a wire rail secured to the frame A and extending parallel therewith-just above and alongsidethe chain c to hold the hurl down upon the pins of the said chain while the hurl is traveling rearward carried by the belts.

m m indicate horizontal plates of different lengths with inclined sharp front edges to enter between the short and long spears after they are separated by the separator, and m m are similar plates to the rear. and somewhat above the other plates to pass between the hearts and the fine long spears after the knife I has entered between the same and severed the hearts or coarse central spears from the Whisks.

Just forward of the knife I and between the chain G and the guide J is a second and inverted notched guide a, similar to guide h and shown in Figs. 1 and 9, which is suitably supported and vertically adj ust-able for forcing the spears between the pins in chain G.

p 19 indicate strips of metal passing around and near the sprocket-wheel d to serve as guides for the short coarse spears.

q is a clearing device secured to the frame and projecting rearward on opposite sides of the sprocket-Wheel G to insure against the hurl passing upward with the chain and to cause it to fall into the receptacle A.

The operation of the machine is as follows:

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The whisk of broom-corn W (shown in Fig.

10) is first cut on broken line w to separate the stalk from the hurl. This is affected by laying the whisk horizontally on the table M with the end of its stalk to the left; .Then as it is moved toward the knife thehooked projections on the wheel K catch it and force it upon the knife, which severs After the cutting operation the hurl is carried rearward by the carrier-belts c 0 toward the center of the machine. When the stalk is severed from the hurl, it will be noticed that there are several short outside spears that are quite coarse. These coarse spears are forced downward between the pins a of the chain e by the passing of the hurl beneath the notched guide h, and at the same time and by the same means are forced downward through the stalk..

passed through the separator down upon the ends of the pins C1,, and the whole is passed rearward, the short spears passing below the plates m and between the strips p p, which guide them downward with the carrier-chains, clear them from the chains, and deposit them in the receptacle A. The hurl containing the heart or central coarse spear continues to pass rearward beneath and by means of the other carrier-belts F F, and the notched guide n by the side of the pins a of the belt G forces the fine spears between the pins. The heart or coarse central spear or spears, not being able to enter between the pins, are carried below the heart-cutting knife I, while the hurl is carried above it. The inclined edge of the knife thus severs the heart from the hurl during the movement of the latter, the heart being deposited in the receptacle A by the wheels H, and the hurl with its fine long spears is carried above the plates m m to the receptacle A, where it is deposited, the clearer q separating or removing it from the chain Gand carrier-belts F F. It will be obvious that many Whisks are passing through the machine at the same time and that they are operated upon by the various devices successively.

As the parts of my machine may be changed in form and arrangement Without departing from my invention I do not desire to be limited to the precise means shown and described herein.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a hurl cutting and separating machine, the combination of the frame and the carrierbelts, with means for separating the coarse central spear from the hurl and means for severing the same.

2. In a hurl cutting and separating machine, the combination of the frame, the carrierbelts, a suitable cutter for removing the stalk, with means for separating the short outer spears from the hurl, means for separating the coarse central spear from the hurl and a knife to sever the same therefrom.

3. In a hurl cutting and separating machine, the combination with the frame, of a belt with pins set therein close together, means for forcing the fine spears of the hurl between the pins, a pointed knife to enter between the fine spears between the pins and the coarse spears, and sever the latter from the hurl, and means for imparting motion to the belt, as set forth.

4. In a hurl cutting and separating machine, the combination with the frame, a suitable knife to cut ofi the stalks, wheels and carrierbelts to carry the straw from the said knife, of sprocket-wheels and a chain belt thereon having a plurality of pins set in line in each link and adapted to receive the outer loose coarse spears, a separator, a second set of sprocket-wheels and a chain therefor having pins in each link between which pins only the fine spears are received, thus separating the central coarse spear in each hurl, a knife supported upon the frame in position to enter between the coarse and fine spears during their movement, and to sever and separate completely the heart from the hurl, suitable guides, and means for imparting motion to the movable parts, as set forth.

5. In a hurl cutting and separating machine, the combination with the frame, of sprocket wheels, a chain belt connecting the wheels, and a plurality of pins projecting from each link of the chain, and arranged in a line, and in line with the pins in the other links, said pins having narrow spaces between them to receive the fine spears and reject the coarse spears, as set forth.

6. In a hurl cutting and separating machine, the combination with the frame, of a pair of sprocket-wheels, a chain belt connecting the wheels, pins projecting outward from each link and arranged in a line and in line with the pins of the other links, said links having longitudinal grooves in opposite sides, and straight stationary horizontal guide-bars entering the grooves to hold the chain straight between the sprocket-wheels, as set forth.

7. In ahurlcutting and separating machine, the combination with the frame, table, wheels and suitable carrier-belts to convey the straw in a horizontal position, of sprocket-wheels below the table, a chain belt thereon having pins set in line in each section and in line with the pins in the other sections, a separator, a notched guide, a second set of sprocketwheels above the table, a chain belt for the latter wheels having pins set in line in each section, a knife supported upon the frame in 'a horizontal position and in the plane of the movement of the straw, suitable guides and clearers, and means for imparting motion to the sprocket wheels and chains, substantially as described and shown.

8. In a-hurl cutting and separating machine, the combination with the frame, table, and suitable means to convey the straw in a horizontal position, of a pair of sprocket-wheels below the table, a chain belt for said wheels having a plurality of pins set in line in each section, a straight separator having inclined passages therein, a notched guide, the separating-plates, a second pair of sprocket-wheels above the table, a chain belt for the latter Wheels having pins set in line in each section and closer together than the pins in the other belt, a notched guide for the second chain belt, a knife supported upon the frame in a horizontal position and in the plane of the movement of the straw, suitable guides and clearers, and means for imparting motion to the sprocket wheels and chains, substantially as shown and described.

9. In a hu rl cutting and separating machine, the combination with the frame, table, and suitable means to convey the straw in a horizontal position, of a pair of sprocket-Wheels below the table, a chain belt for said wheels having a plurality of pins set in line in each IIO section, a straight separator having inclined passages therein, a notched guide, the separating-plates, a second pair of sprocket-wheels above the table, a chain belt'for the latter wheels having pins set in line in each section and closer together than the pins in the other chain belt, stationary horizontal and parallel guide-bars entering grooves in opposite sides of the sections of the chains between the sprocket-wheels, a notched guide for the sec- 0nd chain belt, a knife supported upon the frame in a horizontal position and in the plane of the movement of the straw, suitable guides and clearers, and means for imparting motion to the sprocket wheels and chains, substantially as shown and described.

10. In a hurl cutting and separating machine, the combination with the frame, of sprocket-wheels and a chain belt connecting the wheels, pins projecting from each link of the chain arranged in line with the pins in the other links, means to hold a. portion of the chain passing between the sprocket-wheels straight, said pins having narrow spaces between them to receive only the finer spears, and means to force the fine spears of the hurl between the pins, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

WILLIAM H. FAULKNER. [L. 8-] 

